PEOPLE IN ONE NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE NEIGHBORHOOD GOT A HAIRY VISITOR TODAY. A BEAR MADE HER WAY DOWN INTO THE FOOTHILLS. IT'S THE THIRD ONE CAUGHT IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MIKE SPRINGER TELLS US WHY SO MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN MAKING THEIR WAY INTO THE CITY. SOT it started off as a normal morning but after a little while it got pretty exciting THIS IS WHAT ALL THE EXCITMENT'S ABOUT. A 120 POUND BEAR MADE HER WAY THROUGH THIS ALBUQUERQUE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR THE FOOTHILLS WEDNESDAY MORNING -RUMMAGING FOR FOOD. I was out running when I heard there was a bear out running too so it was kind of scary NEW MEXICO GAME AND FISH OFFICERS EVENTUALLY CAUGHT THE BEAR. IT TOOK SEVERAL TRANQUILIZER DARTS TO DO SO. THE FIRST TWO DIDN'T STICK. sometimes when they're worked up like that the drug doesn't work immediately. There's a lot of adrenaline in them BUT SHE'S PROBABLY NOT THE LAST BEAR WE WILL SEE WANDER INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD. so why are the bears making their way down from the mountains and making their way into the city. Wild life experts say the bears are simply looking for food. What's happening is the middle-aged stronger bears are pushing out the younger and older ones and those are the ones popping up in these neighborhoods GAME AND FISH OFFICIALS SAY THE EXTENSIVE RAINS WE'RE SEEING WILL HELP THE BEARS' FOOD SUPPLY AND COULD MEAN AN END TO THE SIGHTINGS BY THE FALL. all the berries are going to come out, the grass is going to come up, by late september hopefully the mass crop will come in with acorns BUT UNTIL THEN, GAME AND FISH OFFICIALS SAY DON'T LEAVE OUT YOUR TRASH AND CLEAN UP YOUR GRILLS TO KEEP FROM ATTRACTING THE BEARS IN NORTH EAST ALBUQUERQUE MIKE SPRINGER, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. GAME AND FISH OFFICIALS SAY THE BEAR CAUGHT TODAY IS ABOUT 4 YEARS OLD. THEY TOOK HER BACK TO THEIR ALBUQUERQUE OFFICE AND ARE FIGURING OUT WHERE TO RELEASE HER. ON THE FIRE ALERT--